Hello, All! I am SO excited to finally be here! That's me -->
If it's wrong to join this site before getting chickens, I don't want to be right! I hope to have my birds by the first week in June and have wanted chickens my whole life. My biggest worry is finding chicken sitters when I travel that won't announce to the world that we are out of town! Eggs will be wonderful, but I really just want to sit in a comfortable chair with a cool drink in hand and watch my chickens walk around and be happy!
Hopefully I will be finished building my chicken coop by the end of next week. I had to get a dead tree removed before I could build and that just happened on Sunday. I designed the coop myself (drawings below) and am very excited to get started. I got some materials, including a 4'x4' window on Freecycle.com! Does anyone else remember when your flock's house was just a drawing and dream?
My flock will be a mix of breeds, and I only want 4-6 birds. My favorites are Ameraucana, Buff Orpington, Delaware and Barred Rock, but I am open to other breeds that you think will be cold-hardy and fantastic!
I heard about BackYardChickens.com through my Farm Unit research. I teach a farm unit at my job as a teacher of 14 yr olds and chickens are the first barnyard creatures that we learn about - this site is used for research by my students as they plan and build virtual farms of their own.
Hobbies, I have a-many: diy-er (I can tile with the best of them!), wanna-be farmer (this full-time job thing is a bit of a bummer sometimes), nature walker, painter, beaded jewelry designer, photographer, stamped/homemade card maker (Personalized, held-in-your-hand correspondence isn't dead! Join the revolution - make and send a card today!), kayaker, traveler, snorkeler, The Walking Dead watcher, Crafty Night hostess - you get the idea - all 'round crafty person!
Being a country girl at home is when I am happiest. I believe in personal accountability and fiscal conservatism. I love my job, but I would be home in a heartbeat to farm/garden (my favorite t-shirt says, "FARMERS - somebody has to feed you people"), build stuff and be outside as much as possible. I have an extraordinary husband, but he has absolutely no interest in this chicken love of mine, so I am on my own with this venture. I have a husky-mix (pretty black dog below) who would eat chickens if given the chance, as would my parents' basset/wirehair terrier mix (spotty boy below), thus the attached run for when they are out.
My hopes from this site are to find a network of incredibly awesome, supportive people with similar interests and personalities that I can get to know, be virtual and/or actual friends with, and maybe buy chickens from, too!
Thanks for the opportunity of an introduction!
~DIYgirl
My coop design:
My pups:
The first chicken pic I ever pinned to my Home Grown Farm Ideas board & would LOVE to have this breed (Ameraucana):
Me
If it's wrong to join this site before getting chickens, I don't want to be right! I hope to have my birds by the first week in June and have wanted chickens my whole life. My biggest worry is finding chicken sitters when I travel that won't announce to the world that we are out of town! Eggs will be wonderful, but I really just want to sit in a comfortable chair with a cool drink in hand and watch my chickens walk around and be happy!
Hopefully I will be finished building my chicken coop by the end of next week. I had to get a dead tree removed before I could build and that just happened on Sunday. I designed the coop myself (drawings below) and am very excited to get started. I got some materials, including a 4'x4' window on Freecycle.com! Does anyone else remember when your flock's house was just a drawing and dream?
My flock will be a mix of breeds, and I only want 4-6 birds. My favorites are Ameraucana, Buff Orpington, Delaware and Barred Rock, but I am open to other breeds that you think will be cold-hardy and fantastic!
I heard about BackYardChickens.com through my Farm Unit research. I teach a farm unit at my job as a teacher of 14 yr olds and chickens are the first barnyard creatures that we learn about - this site is used for research by my students as they plan and build virtual farms of their own.
Hobbies, I have a-many: diy-er (I can tile with the best of them!), wanna-be farmer (this full-time job thing is a bit of a bummer sometimes), nature walker, painter, beaded jewelry designer, photographer, stamped/homemade card maker (Personalized, held-in-your-hand correspondence isn't dead! Join the revolution - make and send a card today!), kayaker, traveler, snorkeler, The Walking Dead watcher, Crafty Night hostess - you get the idea - all 'round crafty person!
Being a country girl at home is when I am happiest. I believe in personal accountability and fiscal conservatism. I love my job, but I would be home in a heartbeat to farm/garden (my favorite t-shirt says, "FARMERS - somebody has to feed you people"), build stuff and be outside as much as possible. I have an extraordinary husband, but he has absolutely no interest in this chicken love of mine, so I am on my own with this venture. I have a husky-mix (pretty black dog below) who would eat chickens if given the chance, as would my parents' basset/wirehair terrier mix (spotty boy below), thus the attached run for when they are out.
My hopes from this site are to find a network of incredibly awesome, supportive people with similar interests and personalities that I can get to know, be virtual and/or actual friends with, and maybe buy chickens from, too!
Thanks for the opportunity of an introduction!
~DIYgirl
My coop design:
My pups:
The first chicken pic I ever pinned to my Home Grown Farm Ideas board & would LOVE to have this breed (Ameraucana):
Me
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welcome to BYC !!
